Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Here, as promised, are the Ind Coope beers I'd missed. I'd forgotten that I'd never quite made it all the way through the Whitbread Gravity Book. And that's after already transcribing several thousand entries. It really is an amazing document.

Here's a pretty little table with all the details:

Ind Coope beers in the 1950's

Year

Beer

Style

Price

size

package

FG

OG

Colour

ABV

attenuation

1948

Double Diamond Pale Ale

Pale Ale

13d

half pint

bottled

1009.4

1045.2

18 B

4.48

79.20%

1950

Sparkling Ale

Pale Ale

pint

bottled

1007

1029.7

24 B

2.84

76.43%

1950

Special Stout

Stout

pint

bottled

1011.7

1035.9

1 + 14

3.03

67.41%

1950

Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

pint

bottled

1009.5

1029

40 + 9

2.44

67.24%

1950

Burton Pale Ale (Double Diamond)

Pale Ale

pint

bottled

1011.2

1045.2

21 B

4.25

75.22%

1950

Arctic Ale No. 1

Barley Wine

pint

bottled

1020.8

1079.9

40 + 16

7.39

73.97%

1950

John Bull Ale

Pale Ale

pint

bottled

1012.2

1042.5

40 + 13

3.79

71.29%

1950

Allsopp Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

15d

pint

bottled

1007.7

1029.9

7.5 + 40

2.78

74.25%

1950

Sparkling Ale

Pale Ale

15d

pint

bottled

1007.4

1029.7

25 B

2.79

75.08%

1950

Allsopp Special Stout

Stout

18d

pint

bottled

1010.4

1034.4

1 + 40

3.00

69.77%

1950

Double Diamond

Pale Ale

half pint

bottled

1012.3

1047.9

19.5 B

4.45

74.32%

1950

Sparkling Ale

Pale Ale

9d

half pint

bottled

1007.7

1033.3

22 B

3.20

76.88%

1950

Double Diamond

Pale Ale

14.5d

pint

bottled

1010.9

1048.3

21 B

4.68

77.43%

1950

Special Stout

Stout

12d

pint

bottled

1014.9

1038.2

1 + 14

2.91

60.99%

1950

Arctic Ale

Barley Wine

18d

nip

bottled

1020.1

1079.8

18 + 40

7.46

74.81%

1950

Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

9d

half pint

bottled

1008.6

1032.3

40 + 9

2.96

73.37%

1951

Special Stout

Stout

12d

half pint

bottled

1013.4

1038.3

1 + 14

3.11

65.01%

1951

Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

9d

half pint

bottled

1007.7

1032.6

40 + 8

3.11

76.38%

1951

Double Diamond

Pale Ale

14.5d

half pint

bottled

1010

1047.7

25

4.71

79.04%

1951

Sparkling Ale

Pale Ale

9d

pint

bottled

1008

1032.1

25.5

3.01

75.08%

1951

Allsopp Special Stout

Stout

12d

half pint

bottled

1011.9

1037.8

3.24

68.52%

1951

Arctic Ale

Barley Wine

17.5d

nip

bottled

1019.1

1078.1

7.37

75.54%

1951

Special Stout

Stout

14.5d

half pint

bottled

1015.3

1037.1

1 + 16

2.72

58.76%

1951

Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

9.5d

half pint

bottled

1008.3

1031.9

17 + 40

2.95

73.98%

1951

Sparkling Ale

Pale Ale

9d

half pint

bottled

1007.6

1032.6

21

3.12

76.69%

1952

Arctic Ale

Barley Wine

18d

nip

bottled

1020.2

1080.3

21 + 40

7.51

74.84%

1952

Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

9.5d

half pint

bottled

1011.7

1030.9

11 + 40

2.40

62.14%

1952

Special Stout

Stout

23d

pint

bottled

1011.5

1037.9

1 + 11.5

3.30

69.66%

1952

Coronet Pale Ale

Pale Ale

11d

half pint

bottled

1008.6

1035.6

22 B

3.37

75.84%

1953

Arctic Ale

Barley Wine

18d

nip

bottled

1018

1079

18 + 40

7.63

77.22%

1953

Double Diamond

Pale Ale

11d

nip

bottled

1009.7

1048.7

23.5

4.88

80.08%

1953

Allsopp Special Stout

Stout

10d

nip

bottled

1013.4

1038.1

1 + 11

3.09

64.83%

1954

Sparkling Ale

Pale Ale

12d

half pint

bottled

1008.5

1030.5

26

2.75

72.13%

1954

Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

9.5d

half pint

bottled

1009.7

1030.7

11 + 40

2.63

68.40%

1954

John Bull Ale

Pale Ale

15d

half pint

bottled

1014.8

1048.1

115

4.16

69.23%

1955

Double Brown Ale

Brown Ale

12.5d

half pint

bottled

1012.6

1047.8

45

4.40

73.64%

1955

Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

11d

half pint

bottled

1011.2

1033.6

105

2.80

66.67%

1955

Double Diamond

Pale Ale

16d

half pint

bottled

1012.7

1048.5

19

4.47

73.81%

1956

Nut Brown Ale

Brown Ale

10d

half pint

bottled

1012.3

1032.2

90

2.49

61.80%

1956

Light Ale

Pale Ale

10d

half pint

bottled

1010.5

1031

22

2.56

66.13%

1956

Special Stout

Stout

13d

half pint

bottled

1014.9

1038.1

250

2.90

60.89%

1956

Sweet Stout (lactose present)

Stout

14d

half pint

bottled

1016.5

1038.5

250

2.75

57.14%

1956

Double Diamond

Pale Ale

17d

half pint

bottled

1012.7

1048.3

20

4.45

73.71%

1956

Double Diamond

Pale Ale

17d

half pint

bottled

1014.1

1047.9

19

4.23

70.56%

1956

Arctic Barley Wine

Barley Wine

18d

nip

bottled

1019.7

1077.1

105

7.17

74.45%

1959

Double Diamond

Pale Ale

16d

half pint

bottled

1011.9

1047.5

20

4.45

74.95%

1959

"Dry Club" Stout

Stout

13d

half pint

bottled

1013.2

1038.7

240

3.19

65.89%

1959

Allsopp's Sweet Stout

Stout

14d

half pint

bottled

1015.4

1037.8

275

2.80

59.26%

1959

Light Ale

Pale Ale

10d

half pint

bottled

1009.8

1031.5

20

2.71

68.89%

1959

Benskins Colne Spring Ale

Barley Wine

23.5d

half pint

bottled

1009.3

1092.8

80

10.44

89.98%

Source:

Whitbread Gravity Book

As you can see, bottled Double Diamond was around 1048 (good guess, Zythophile).

I was pleased to find Coronet, another beer mentioned by Campbell. It has a fairly puny OG of just 1035.6. Arctic Ale was another I'd hoped to discover. I wasn't disappointed. There are several entries for it. The OG was a very respectable 1080 or so and, because it was quite highly attenuated for a strong beer, it had a very respectable ABV of about 7.5%.

Right at the end you'll see the legendary Benskins Colne Spring Ale, which is also mentioned by Campbell. It has an apparent degree of attenuation of nearly 90%. Very impressive for such a big beer, leaving it over 10% ABV.